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New York Times, Thursday, August 3, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q U X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 38.3
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,402
Across
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Diaphanous. : SHEER
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By nature. : BORN
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Duck. : SMEW
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Greeting. : HELLO
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Artists' saint. : ELOI
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Asian dialect. : PALI
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Final conflict between good and evil. : ARMAGEDDON
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Shah's land. : IRAN
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Golf tourney. : MASTERS
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Knowing: Scot. : KENNING
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Before: Poet. : ERE
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Sculptor of Pisa, c. 1250. : PISANO
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R. R. crossings: Abbr. : JCTS
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Telegraph. : WIRE
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Tendencies. : BENTS
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Altar: Lat. : ARA
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Begone! : SHOO
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Bullfighter: Span. : TORERO
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Seasonal wind of Asia. : MONSOON
38
One of the "Untouchables." : MOBSTER
39
Luzon province. : BATAAN
40
Devotees. : FANS
41
Make lace. : TAT
42
Indication. : STAMP
43
Poetic time. : MORN
44
Defeats, in bridge. : SETS
45
Extra margin. : LEEWAY
47
A Gardner. : AVA
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Flap on a bridle. : BLINDER
51
Eternal. : AGELESS
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Take it easy. : LAZE
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Hypocrite's specialty, : LIPSERVICE
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Actor Burl. : IVES
59
Clip. : SNIP
60
Ice mass. : SERAC
61
Launching ___. : PADS
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Chances, old style. : HAPS
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City on the Adige. : TRENT
Down
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Counterfeit. : SHAM
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Greek goddess. : HERA
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Shade trees. : ELMS
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Inspirits. : ELATES
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O.K. : ROGER
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Four-posters. : BEDS
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Experienced. : OLD
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Baseball tyro. : ROOKIE
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Dressed to the ___. : NINES
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Fish lures. : SPINNERS
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Punch or Judy. : MARIONETTE
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Dash. : ELAN
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Fly over. : WING
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Literary anagram. : EREWHON
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Plutocrats. : NABOBS
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Golf expert. : PRO
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Doorway posts. : JAMBS
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Slav. : CROAT
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Teased. : TANTALIZED
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Electrified atom. : ION
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Dutch ___. : TREAT
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Classifies. : SORTS
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Lathered. : SOAPED
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Capacity of a ship. : TONNAGE
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Uniformity. : SAMENESS
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Deface. : MAR
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"Donnybrook!" star. : FOY
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Mooring place. : MARINA
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Tray. : SALVER
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Natives of Swansea. : WELSH
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2/3 mile, in Russia. : VERST
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Radar signal. : BLIP
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Slag. : LAVA
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Vipers. : ASPS
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Where Donnybrook is. : EIRE
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Look over. : SCAN
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Following. : SECT
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Dickens hero. : PIP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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